Christian: "Christ, are you in love with me?"
Liz: "What? No! This is larger than your ego, Christian. I have spent twenty years dreaming of finding the woman who would share my life with me."
Christian: "And now?"
Liz: "Now I don't know if a woman could satisfy me. No-one ever has. Not like that."
Har she blows and watch with annoyance as a certain shark takes her leap. I know this show loves wreaking havoc with sexuality but as a gay viewer, this is definitely one of those episodes I actually wished I had missed.
First off all, there's Liz and Christian. Last week they had sex and now Liz can't get the latter off her mind. Heck, even Christian's generally repellent attitude towards women isn't enough to stop her in her tracks.
To be fair, if we can have a forty something heterosexual woman like Julia explore a lesbian relationship with Olivia, shouldn't Liz be able to do the same with Christian? Perhaps but let's honest, Christian doesn't exactly bring out the best in the people he sleeps with, Kimber being a very good case in point.
Christian also had the ego to think that Liz is suddenly in love with him and when she dismisses it, he casually tells her that her confusion will pass. Christian is exactly the kind of person who many a person wouldn't want to have their first coming out speech to.
Of course Liz does try to combat her attraction towards men by accepting a date from another anaesthesiologist named Steven. The plan was to prove that Christian wasn't the only man she could sexually be into and it's one that failed as well. Steven was cute but certainly dull and Christian could tell that Liz was overcompensating.
Now my feelings on him and Liz as a couple are clear I hate the plot and now all Christian has to do is shag Linda and he'll have had sexual contact with every female regular/recurring on this show with the exception of Olivia.
The last scene of this episode had a nice confessional from Liz. Having her just admit that it's Christian and not men altogether that she's into is a good move. A better one would be for her and Christian to establish some boundaries, especially where Wilbur is concerned.
Christian used Wilbur's growing reliance on Liz in a bid to get her to stay and that doesn't make Christian a very good friend. Liz's confusion is almost understandable but what are Christian's motives for hooking himself into Liz? If it's just sex, he's never had problems in that department but if its companionship; can't he just do that without sleeping with Liz?
Then there's the breast cancer plot to contend with. Sean did a good thing by encouraging Christian to go to a support group. Of course it would take Christian of all people to insult the women there by accusing them wanting to be victims because some of them refused reconstructive surgery. And just when you think Christian's lack of filter can't get any worse.
The only thing that benefited him at that meeting was meeting up with Roxy. A good casting choice in Dina Meyer but unfortunately, Roxy follows another succession of lunatics that Christian seems to attract. On the plus side, at least Roxy's sympathetic but at the same time, she's still crazy.
Due to both her mother and sister dying of breast cancer, Roxy thinks that having a double mastectomy is the best way to avoid the disease. The thing is, there's no evidence that Roxy has it and when Christian is talked out of operating on Roxy, there's hell to pay.
In arguably one of the most disgusting scenes ever on this series, Roxy tries to cut off one of her breasts and nearly dies as a result. It might be a motivator for Christian to actually agree to operate on her but it was definitely one of those times in which the writers should've exercised some self-restraint. I wanted to bleach my eyes out after that scene.
Keeping up with the bad stuff, Olivia comes back for the last time and she's not the woman I liked earlier on in the season. Nope the one here wants a facelift so Julia will love her and even though Julia has the sense to try and dissuade her, Sean would have to encourage.
In fact Sean's pretty loathsome when he finds out that Julia and Olivia are moving back to New York and becomes possessive over the former. It also bears badly during surgery when Sean's fantasies of getting rid of Olivia become a reality and she dies during surgery.
I know Portia De Rossi's got another show (which to be honest looks very likely to be cancelled) and was leaving the series but would it have killed the writers to have just left the door open for the character to return at a later date? I actually cheered when Julia vowed to hate Sean for all of eternity but it turned out that Sean isn't at fault.
Olivia had been taking anti-depressants on the side and that's a bit of a no-no for someone who's about to have a facelift. Worse still is that vile tramp Eden returns and manages to make Sean and Julia feel worse than they do before dousing them in Olivia's ashes, when she's not calling the latter a bony parasite. Equally as irritating is that Julia now believes that Olivia shot her rather than Eden.
On a lighter note, while this episode did lack Rajesh, we did get the return of Candy Richards. It's always great that Jennifer Coolidge is so game for a laugh because when you see her revamped as Coco and her awful music video for "Yo Stank **** you just know that she must have some balls of steel to do this. The video itself is just horrifying beyond belief.
Also in "Roxy St. James"
Seventeen episodes in and Christian still doesn't know who the heck Candy Richards is. Candy: "Is it because I'm too beautiful, is it because I'm too smart?"
Christian: "How about not talented?"
Candy: "I thought that too but now it makes sense."
Candy's album was called "The Gospel According To Coco". She also cited a liking of Billy Ocean, Chicken and Waffles and believed that OJ was innocent.
Christian: "You know what we need to do. We need to have sex again."
Liz: "Oh I would rather die."
Christian: "Me too but we need to know if this is a one time thing."
Sean: "You two seem very happy together."
Olivia (re Julia): "Yeah, in a weird way, it's like everything that's happened has brought us closer."
While I don't agree with Sean totally criticising Olivia's parenting, she really should've had the brat locked up for shooting Julia.
Roxy: "So what do you think is it, your destiny that is?"
Christian: "To bang as many beautiful women as I can."
Olivia: "You know what I did Sean and she came back to me. Can't you just accept that Julia and I are together for good now and wish us well?"
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Dina Meyer play the tanning salon girl in Season One's "Mandi/Randi"?
Roxy (to Christian): "Fine? I have been condemned to death and there aren't gonna be any pardons."
Olivia: "Poor Sean. You really think she'll come back to you? That you've got some deep bond that time and space can't separate. When are you gonna get it? She doesn't want you."
Christian's use of the term 'buddy boy' to Wilbur and Sean was strange. Maybe he's been watching reruns of Six Feet Under.
Sean: "Shut the hell up!"
Olivia: "Kill me why don't you? You'd like to, wouldn't you? Your life would be so much easier if I wasn't in the way."
Sean: "Don't tempt me, Olivia."
Christian (re Steven): "Did he make you come?"
Liz: "Yeah. He's got mystical powers too."
The gasmasks and J-Lo looks were the highlight of Candy/Coco's strange little video. It's also Number 8 on YouTube. Quelle surprise.
Sean (re Olivia): "Are you blaming me? I can't believe you just said that."
Julia: "You lied about the wheelchair. You lied about Monica, you lied about Megan. You're a liar and a cheat."
Sean: "I feel like I'm in some Greek play. Try to control your fate but the Gods have other plans. Maybe I wasn't supposed to have her. Maybe I'm supposed to be alone."
Christian: "I think that's my fortune cookie you're reading there, buddy boy, not yours."
Standout music: Probably Duran Duran's "Save A Prayer" and The Move's "Piece Of My Heart", despite the latter playing during the worst scene of this episode.
Julia (re Olivia): "She didn't have to do that. If it was an accident, I might have forgiven her."
Eden: "Well it's a little late for that, isn't it?"
Liz: "You want real, okay? I lied about Steven. I didn't have a fabulous orgasm. It was more like being bitten by an oversized mosquito. It was hell. Christian, I don't like men, I like you."
Chronology: None is really specified since the events of "Gene Shelly".
"Roxy St. James" will certainly go down as one of the most talked about episodes of the series (hell, it's even got the Parents Television Council spitting feathers) but it's unlikely to be in a positive way. Easily one of the more misguided episodes of the series.moreless
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Sean tries to deal with his feelings for Julia, while Liz and Christian analyze their relationship and Christian meets someone who understands what he is experiencing with his breast cancer.
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René AshtonAlice
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Anthony CistaroSteven Ausbury
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Dina MeyerRoxy St. James
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Dylan Walsh
Dr. Sean McNamara
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Julian McMahon
Dr. Christian Troy
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John Hensley
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Roma Maffia
Dr. Liz Cruz (Season 2+)
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Kimber Henry (Season3+)
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Christian: (to Roxy) Those are two of the healthiest tits I've ever put my dick between.
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International airdates: Latin America: May 21, 2009 on Canal Fox.
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Music Used In This Episode: Save A Prayer - Duran Duran 40 Days - Billy Brooke Piece Of My Heart - The Move One - Tao Of Groove Yo Stank - Jennifer Coolidge
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Although listed in the opening credits, John Hensley and Kelly Carlson do not appear in this episode.
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Dina Meyer receives the "and" credit.
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Portia de Rossi and Jennifer Coolidge are both credited as Special Guest Stars.
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Disappointing ending
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The Carver
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Weak ending, the writers were defenitely out of ideas
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Nip/Tuck got cancelled
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